Datang New Giants

Chapter 173 Is your brain flooded?
Zhang Heng hesitated for a moment, looked at Lu Ting, then at Li Er, finally gritted his teeth, and said very bachelorly: "Master Lu, this matter is your idea, the prince is here, it is more suitable for you."

Asking Zhang Heng to charge into the trap is absolutely unambiguous, but let him open his mouth to Li Er, and make him feel embarrassed, so he can simply push the matter to Lu Ting.

Li Er turned his head to look at Lu Ting to see what he had to say.

This Zhang Heng, asked him to cooperate, and sold himself in a blink of an eye. Lu Ting really wanted to give him a kick, but he couldn't get angry in front of Li Er, so he could only say with a smile:

"Master, it's like this. The business of Xiaweitang is doing well. There are long queues of patrons, which shows that it has a good prospect. Many retired veterans of Wuyitang really want a job and use their spare heat, but Xiaweitang only has One room can’t accommodate many people, after discussing with Director Zhang, the subordinates plan to open a few more rooms, and spent a lot of effort to raise some money, but the amount is not enough, so…”

Zhang Heng was not an outsider, and he knew about his relationship with Li Er, so Lu Ting called him his mentor without hesitation.

Regardless of whether he agrees or not, let's talk about it after calling, and if you haven't called for so long, I don't know if Li Er has forgotten, so it's good to remind him.

Li Er was a little hesitant when he heard the words, not knowing whether to agree or to let go. After hesitating for a moment, he finally didn't refuse, and said calmly: "In troubled times, Qin Palace has been suppressed and funds have been cut. If we talk about other things, it's okay to ask for money. ,No."

They were all forced to spare money, and they had no money to hand over to Lu Ting.

To put it bluntly, when the struggle is tense now, money can only be used wisely, and even Wuyitang's affairs can only be ranked behind.

Zhang Heng at the side saw that Li Er did not object to Lu Ting calling him a mentor, and he looked at Lu Ting strangely.

Guessing that Li Er would refuse, Lu Ting was very calm in his heart, with a look of disappointment on his face, but he quickly nodded in understanding and said: "It's a troubled time, my mentor is tired, we can solve the money by ourselves, just now the mentor said Other things can be discussed, and the students dare to make two small requests."

"Oh, let's talk first." Li Er didn't agree and let Lu Ting make the request first.

"I heard that there is a good stone mountain in the south of the city. That mountain belongs to my mentor, right?"

Li Er nodded and said, "That's right, why, have you taken a fancy to this mountain?"

Li Er remembers this land clearly. At the beginning, he wanted to build a farm and set up Wuyitang in the farm, but the prince felt that setting up a farm there might be used elsewhere, so he strongly opposed it and even took over the nearby land. Li Er's plan to build a farm was aborted.

"To be precise, it's the spring on Zhongshan Mountain." Lu Ting said while the iron was hot, "In one month, there will be six Xiaweitangs in Chang'an City. Now the drinks in Xiaweitangs are purchased from outsiders, and the profits are impressive." A large part is allocated, and the students are going to make their own wine, which requires a good water source, and the water in Liangshiquan is very suitable for wine making.”

"In addition to brewing wine, we can also organize free people from Wuyitang to carry water to Chang'an City for sale."

Li Er couldn't believe it and said, "What? Selling water? This king heard it right, right?"

There are several canals in Chang'an City to deliver water. Almost every household has self-dug wells. Even if it is not near the transport canal, there are also diversion canals to fetch water. The remote areas are full of water. Who else wants to pay for it?
"Master, you heard me right." Lu Ting said eloquently, "The water in the canal is often sailed by boat, and sometimes there are dead animals floating on it. It is not as good as imagined. As for the well water, the sewage from Chang'an City There are so many canals, the sewage will infiltrate, and the quality of the well water is average. This is the reason why the palace and dignitaries transport mountain spring water outside the city. Some people with conditions will also go outside the city to fetch water. If there is demand, there is a market. , as long as the price is cheap enough, there will definitely be business opportunities.”

"Cheap? How can I do it cheaply?" Li Er asked patiently.

This Lu Ting has a good idea of ​​using mountain spring water to make wine. The control of wine making is not strict now. To Li Er, getting a wine making license is just a matter of one word. , I'm out of my mind.

If it weren't for Lu Ting's outstanding performance recently, Li Er would have waved his sleeves and left long ago.

"A bucket of water only sells for one or two pennies, not even the price of a piece of rice cake. Presumably many people are willing to pay. After all, using mountain spring water to make tea, soup, and cooking is much better than using ordinary water."

Li Er shook his head and said, "A bucket of water is worth two pennies. Even if the water costs nothing, and it is transported from a distance of more than ten miles, what about labor? If you use human power to pull it, you can't pull it much in a day. If you use animal power, it will cost a lot of money." , what profit is there?"

Lu Ting said confidently: "Teacher, the students didn't think about making money by selling water. It would be good to make ends meet. Even if you lose some money, it's acceptable. Of course, it's not about letting the veterans of Wuyitang do some money. It’s a thankless thing, but to establish a channel and a circle by selling water.”

Speaking of this, Lu Ting said a little excitedly: "It is definitely a good deal to knock on the doors of those potential buyers with a bucket of water that does not make money, and gain their trust. Of course, we just At the beginning, we will send them water, and after building mutual trust, we can also send them Xiaweitang’s caged rice, and bring them various commodities, of course, these will be things in the future.”

Chang'an City is very large, but the commercial development is extremely unbalanced. The business is concentrated in the eastern and western cities. [-]% of the hotels are concentrated in Chongrenfang, and nearly [-]% of the food is concentrated in Chongrenfang, Pingkangfang and Wubenfang. The city is not bad, living far away, shopping is very inconvenient.

Lu Ting was inspired by a certain regiment of later generations, and determined to build a business circle and revitalize more than 100 workshops in Chang'an City.

Seeing that Li Er was hesitant, Lu Ting quickly made a proposal that Li Er could not refuse: "Teacher, if this is done, those who deliver the water will be the eyes of the mentor. If there is any disturbance in Chang'an City, they will all flee But the palm of the teacher's hand."

Just talking about it, it's hard for Li Er to imagine the horror of this model. For a person like Li Er who has ambitions in the world, it's hard for him to get that little money. If he wants to impress him, he has to say the things he cares about most.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard that transporting water could help him inquire about the situation, Li Er immediately said happily: "Okay, this matter is up to Wang Yun."

Soon, Li Er said with some hesitation: "There are many people in Chang'an who use Liangshiquan to fetch water, and they are suddenly not allowed to fetch water. Isn't it a bit unreasonable?"

Sure enough, high-ranking people cherish feathers, and Li Er is no exception. He doesn't want to bear the reputation of being mercenary.

Lu Ting just pondered for a while, and quickly said: "This matter is easy to handle. It is said that Liangshishan was given to Wuyitang. However, the teacher is sympathetic to the people of Chang'an, and the people can still get water for free. The students divert water from Liangshiquan for them. In this way, it is difficult for anyone to say whether the teacher is wrong or not."

Before looking for Li Er, Lu Ting went out of the city to see. There are several springs in Liangshi Spring, and the water output is very large. When the time comes, a small spring will go out. I just want to let the veterans of Wuyitang have something to do, and build my own by the way. In the business circle, there is no need to offend so many people because of Koizumi's eyes.

(End of this chapter)